From: jecorbett4@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 9:23:37 PM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated   
   American wrote:   
   > On 2023-12-05, JGibson  wrote:    
   > > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 5:40:03 PM UTC-5, Con Reeder,   
   unhyphenated American wrote:    
   > >> On 2023-12-05, JGibson  wrote:    
   > >> > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 4:28:56 PM UTC-5, Corky wrote:    
   > >> >> On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:05:42 PM UTC-6, JE Corbett wrote:    
   > >> >> > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder,   
   unhyphenated American wrote:    
   > >> >> > > On 2023-12-04, The NOTBCS Guy  wrote:    
   > >> >> > > > "The committee...selects the best teams." It says so in the   
   Principles and Procedures for Establishing the Bracket.    
   > >> >> > > More precisely:    
   > >> >> > >    
   > >> >> > > For purposes of any four-team playoff, the process will    
   > >> >> > > inevitably need to select the four best teams from among    
   > >> >> > > several with legitimate claims to participate.    
   > >> >> > >    
   > >> >> > > Note the acknowledgement that there might be teams left out which    
   > >> >> > > have legitimate claims to participate. As with FSU.    
   > >> >> > > > Oh, wait...my mistake...those are the principles and procedures   
   for    
   > >> >> > > > establishing the men's basketball tournament bracket. Nobody   
   seems to    
   > >> >> > > > mind that they don't choose the "most deserving" or "best when   
   you    
   > >> >> > > > look at their entire body of work" at-large teams. After all,   
   they    
   > >> >> > > > don't play the tournament over the entire season - just at the   
   end.    
   > >> >> > > And they have a delineated list of criteria they use to make this    
   > >> >> > > choice of who to sadly leave out. Looks to me like they did their    
   > >> >> > > job just as they stated they would do from the get-go.    
   > >> >> > >    
   > >> >> > > --    
   > >> >> > > "The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple:   
   you    
   > >> >> > > should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never    
   > >> >> > > treat a triviality as if it were a disaster." -- Quentin Crisp    
   > >> >> > Using player availability is as dumb a principle as saying you    
   > >> >> > are selecting the four best teams. Every team loses players to    
   > >> >> > injury. The phrase "next man up" has become a mantra in college    
   > >> >> > football. It is a way of saying losing a key player is not an    
   > >> >> > excuse for failing to reach your goals. A team that overcomes    
   > >> >> > injuries to achieve its goals should be rewarded, not penalized.    
   > >> >> > On top of that the committee ignores the fact that when the CFP    
   > >> >> > commences, FSU would have their QB2 back as a starter. If they    
   > >> >> > are going to downgrade FSU because they were unimpressive in    
   > >> >> > their season ending rivalry game with Florida, why didn't they    
   > >> >> > downgrade Alabama for a less than impressive performance against    
   > >> >> > Auburn which they won on fluke play and ridiculously poor defense    
   > >> >> > by Auburn. Auburn won only one more game than Florida and lost to    
   > >> >> > New Mexico State in what was supposed to be a tune up game for    
   > >> >> > the Iron Bowl.    
   > >> >> >    
   > >> >> > FSU got cheated and there is no way to excuse it. Everyone on the    
   > >> >> > CFP committee should resign and none of them should be allowed on    
   > >> >> > the selection committed for next year's 12 team playoff.    
   > >> >> Cry me a river. Florida State couldn't beat anyone in the current    
   > >> >> top ten without Jordan. They were barely able to score on a team    
   > >> >> that lost to Kentucky.    
   > >> >    
   > >> > With their backup to a backup. The regular backup would be back by the    
   > >> > time the playoffs start.    
   > >> If the regular backup had lit it up when he played his game, that    
   > >> might be an argument. But he was 12-25, 5.4 Y/A, 0 TD.    
   > >    
   > > Well, then the committee should have dropped Florida State's ranking    
   > > then. Instead they moved them up from #5 to #4 with Ohio State's loss.   
   > There was the little matter of another week's play to deal with.    
   > And if GA had won, I don't doubt that Texas would have been on    
   > the outside looking in. But Alabama came in to eff that up, and    
   > FSU was the odd team out.    
   >    
   I agree with that 100%. The committee didn't have the guts to shut the SEC out   
   of the playoff. Had Georgia won, they wouldn't have had that problem and could   
   have, should have, and would have put the four undefeated Power 5 champs   
   into the playoff. When Alabama won, they felt Alabama had to be the SEC   
   selection    
   but it wouldn't look good putting Alabama in and leaving out the team that had   
   beat them so Alabama and Texas went in as a package deal. Both had been    
   ranked well behind FSU before the conference championship games and all    
   three won. So why should Alabama and Texas have jumped FSU? It was a   
   travesty.   
      
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